• Australian Rules Football was founded in 1857 by Tom Wills and was designed as a sport to keep cricketers fit during the winter months
• The first match was played in 1858
• The VFL competition started with 12 clubs
• In 1987 the AFL (Australian Football League) was born with the inclusion of the West Coast Eagles and Brisbane Bears

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• Rugby League was founded in 1908
• The NRL & it's associated teams recently reached 100,000 members collectively
• The NRL (National Rugby League) as we know it today was formed in 1998 when the Melbourne Storm joined as the 20th team
• The NRL has 15 teams representing 4 states/territories of Australia and 1 team

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• The NBL (National Basketball League) was formed in 1979
• In 1998 the NBL switched from a winter to a summer competition
• Over 750,000 spectators attend games each season
• Seven-time NBL MVP, Andrew Gaze has competed at five Olympics and four World Championships
• The original NBL competition as we know it ceased at the completion

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• The A-league kicked off at the completion of the 2005 NSL season
• There were 8 original foundation clubs
• To entice entertaining big names back to Australia each team is able to include one 'marquee' player with their salary having no bearing on the salary cap
• Each year the winning grand finalist has the right to represent Australia in the Asian club cup competition

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• The competition was launched in 1996 and known as the Super 12
• 2 new teams entered the competition in 2006 creating the Super 14
• Australia has 4 teams, and both New Zealand and South Africa have 5
• Each team plays each other once and has one bye over a 14 week season
• Bonus points are awarded in each game to teams that score 4 or more tries or lose by 7 or less points

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• The first test match between England and Australia occurred in 1877
• Test Cricket, ODI and the reasonably new Twenty20 are the different formats of the game
• Arguably the most popular summer sport watched and participated in Australia
• Over 550,000 registered players participate each summer
• Australia has won the last three ODI (One Day International) World Cups

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• The ANZ Championship was launched in 2008 with ten teams five from New Zealand, five from Australia
• The new competition succeeds two national leagues, Australia's Commonwealth Bank Trophy, and New Zealand's National Bank Cup
• Netball has the highest participation rate of any women's sport in both countries
• Australia and New Zealand's intense rivalry is world renowned

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